Lu Su - Anecdote Relating To Lu Su

Anecdote Relating To Lu Su

Lu Su came from a wealthy family and he owned two large granaries. When Zhou Yu wanted to form a militia to help Sun Ce in his conquests, he lacked food supplies and weapons, so Lu Su pointed at one of his granaries and presented it to Zhou Yu, while he sold the other and used the money to hire blacksmiths to forge 5,000 swords for Zhou Yu's militia. Zhou Yu ordered his men to bring 200 sacks and fill them up with grain, each sack weighing 50 jin, and bring back to his camp. To attract more people to join him, Zhou Yu borrowed ink and a brush from Lu Su, and wrote "Revive the Han Dynasty" (興複漢室) on a piece of paper and pasted it on a wall outside the granary. This gave rise to the saying "pointing at a granary and presenting it" (指囷相贈).

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